creel /kɹiːl/noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •A woven basket, especially a wicker basket. •An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.Return with a creel of trout for supper. — 1895 •(historical) Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions. •(historical) Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier. •A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule. verb2 •To place (fish) in a creel. •(Southern-US, Appalachia) To wrench or sprain.[…] a "creeled foot " strapped to relieve strained muscles, […] — 1975 formscreeled · creeling · creels